Electronic program guide display method and system

Abstract

The present invention provides a computer-implemented method of displaying an electronic program guide, comprising: storing one or more program data of a program in a database; sorting the program into a category based on at least one of the one or more program data; associating the program with a property tag of the category, wherein the program data comprises title of the program, hosts, languages, length of the program, main actors, advertisement categories, source broadcasting channel of the program, and a combination thereof; and displaying a program guide of said category based on the property tag in the unit of individual programs.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method of displaying an electronic program guide, comprising:
 storing one or more program data of a program in a database;   sorting the program into a category based on at least one of the one or more program data;   associating the program with a property tag of the category, wherein the program data comprises title of the program, hosts, languages, length of the program, main actors, advertisement categories, source broadcasting channel of the program, and a combination thereof; and   displaying a program guide of said category based on the property tag in the unit of individual programs.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the category is selected from the group consisting of news, drama, health, life, political comments, sport, variety show, movie, shopping, religion, food, travel, science, education, culture, art, music and a combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the program associates with a plurality of property tags. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the program is sorted into a category through an algorithm. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the program is sorted into a category by substituting at least one of the one or more program data into the algorithm. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more program data of a program are chosen by a user for sorting the program into a personal category and setting up a personal property tag. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the program guide displays a plurality of program items corresponding to a plurality of programs of the category respectively. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of program items are sorted according to broadcast time. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the program item corresponding to a currently broadcasting program is specifically marked. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the program item comprises an abstract of the corresponding program. 
     
     
         11 . A system for displaying an electronic program guide, comprising:
 a server unit configured to, upon execution of computer readable instructions: storing one or more program data of a program in a database; sorting the program into a category based on at least one of the one or more program data, wherein the program data comprises title of the program, hosts, languages, length of the program, main actors, advertisement categories, source broadcasting channel of the program, and a combination thereof; and associating the program with a property tag of the category; and   a user end for displaying a program guide of said category based on the property tag in the unit of individual programs.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the program is sorted into a category through an algorithm. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the program is sorted into a category by substituting at least one of the one or more program data into the algorithm. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more program data of a program are chosen by a user for sorting the program into a personal category and setting up a personal property tag.